Sequence Variants of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gamma Gene and the Clinical Courses of Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Table 5

Univariate analysis of risk factors for mortality in dialysis cases.

Variables	Alive; ()	Dead; ()
Age (years)	54.7 ± 13.4	67.8 ± 13.1	<0.001
Male	224 (46.5%)	110 (50.7%)	0.327
DM	141 (29.3%)	122 (56.2%)	<0.001
Serum albumin (g/dL)	4.0 ± 0.4	3.7 ± 0.5	<0.001
Serum hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.2 ± 1.5	9.8 ± 1.7	0.001
PPAR-γ Pro12Ala genotype			0.417
CC	435 (90.5%)	200 (92.2%)
CG	41 (8.5%)	17 (7.8%)
GG	5 (1.0%)	0 (0%)
PPAR-γ C161T genotype			0.332
CC	257 (53.3%)	127 (58.6%)
CT	185 (38.5%)	78 (35.9%)
TT	39 (8.1%)	12 (5.5%)

 ^*Continuous variables were tested by Mann-Whitney U tests, whereas categorical variables were tested by Fisher’s exact test.